In May 2016, Transworld Business Advisors of Minnesota approached Leighton Interactive as a new business franchise with some substantial goals. They wanted to fill a need in the market - a need for business advisors who were passionate about working …
Do you remember rotary dial phones? We had pagers, programmable cordless phones, and the first thick-as-a-brick mobile phones. And now today, few of us have any of our most important numbers memorized. In fact, if we lost our smart phones, we would b…
Attract, convert, close, delight. If you know anything about inbound marketing, you know those four steps are the key to creating long lasting customers. At its core, an inbound marketing experience is a customer-focused way of doing business that is…
By now, you could probably tell me in your sleep that traditional marketing operates like a crop duster – spraying the message on a segment of the population with the hope that they will be enticed into becoming customers. While on the other hand, in…
"Measurement is the first step that leads to control and, eventually, to improvement." -H. James Harrington (Performance Improvement expert)
When you put in the time and effort to create content for your audience, content that is well researched, user-friendly, and helpful, how do you get that content in front of as many people who will benefit from it as possible? That is one of the cons…
"Content" is a jargon term many people aren't familiar with, even though they interact with it every day. It's another word for the information you find on the internet, such as blog posts, ebooks, infographics, white papers, and more, that you're se…
If you’ve seen the movie “Field of Dreams,” you’ll probably remember the phrase “If you build it, he will come.” In today’s marketing world, creating content is a critical component for establishing your company as a thought-leader in the industry, n…
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98 percent of recruiters today use LinkedIn to find candidates for various positions. It is truly in your best interest to utilize all features this platform has to offer and get ahead of the game.
Inbound marketing is not for the faint of heart. It requires strategizing, planning, execution, and then … waiting. Unlike many other marketing efforts, inbound marketing does not provide instantaneous results (although if you’re lucky, it might). Be…
We recently had a client take on the task of writing their company monthly email newsletter. When it came down to it and she sat down, writer's block set in. She found herself spinning in circles, not knowing where to start or how to execute. It’s ju…
Have you ever taken on a task or project you thought was bigger than your capabilities? I have. I recently took on a project not knowing if I could make it happen, a project where there was a real-life opportunity for me to fall on my face. **Spoiler…
WHAT IS PROFIT? The first thing that comes to mind and the most important is the monetary definition of course: the money you make after expenses. It is also the advantage or benefit gained from doing something. We want you to think different. Put th…
Email marketing is both scary and exciting for marketers. Scary because none of us wants to be “that company” who spams their database with junk mail. Exciting because email marketing has the biggest ROI out there. For for every dollar spent, email b…